Pacific Southwest

Title: Do petroleum-based protective coatings add fuel value to slash

Author: Murphy, James L.; Philpot, Charles W.

Date: 1965

Source: Res. Note PSW-RN-081. Berkeley, CA: California Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 3 p

Station ID: RN-PSW-081

Description: Asphalts and wax emulsions have been recommended as protective coatings to help obtain clean, safe burns in slash disposal work. Fuel value determinations in the laboratory indicate that such coatings add little to the fuel value of slash.

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Murphy, James L.; Philpot, Charles W.  1965.  Do petroleum-based protective coatings add fuel value to slash.   Res. Note PSW-RN-081. Berkeley, CA: California Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 3 p.